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This comprehensive book explores fluid-particle interaction processes in environmental engineering, combining theoretical foundations with advanced numerical simulation techniques. Covering eight key areas from particle agglomeration to membrane fouling, the work integrates fundamental physics with practical computational tools to address critical challenges in environmental systems and reactor design.
It provides a detailed overview of hydrodynamic modelling, interparticle forces, and membrane separation dynamics, alongside practical numerical simulation approaches for real-world applications. It also delivers essential insights into solid-liquid interface processes, mathematical modelling for fouling prediction, and design optimization strategies for stirred tank reactors, rotatory vortex pelleting systems, and hydrothermal carbonization reactors. Readers will gain access to proven methodologies that bridge theoretical understanding with practical implementation, offering workflow simplification tools for complex environmental engineering challenges.
Ideal for both academic study and professional engineering practice, this essential resource targets graduate students and researchers in environmental and chemical engineering, along with practicing engineers in water treatment, membrane technology, and reactor design.
List of contents
1. The role of hydrodynamics and interparticle forces in the agglomeration of fine particles 2. The role of fluid dynamics and fluid-particle interaction on fouling in membrane-based separation systems 3. Micro processes at solid-liquid interface in fluid-particle systems 4. Numerical modelling and physicochemical characterisation of fluid-particle systems 5. Numerical simulation and design optimisation of hydrodynamics and mixing process in a stirred tank reactor (STR) 6. Numerical Modelling of the hydrodynamics and fluid-particle interactions in a Rotatory Vortex Pelleting (RVP) reactor 7. Numerical simulation of convective mixing and heat transfer in a pilot-scale hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC) reactor 8. Mathematical modelling of the effects compression of fouling layers as a predictive tool in membrane bioreactor systems
About the author
Benjamin Oyegbile holds a PhD in Environmental engineering and is currently a visiting researcher at the University of Bradford. He has over six years of university-level teaching experience and a focused research agenda in fluid-particle modelling and environmental fluid dynamics. His research work is focused on the integration of experimental analysis and high-fidelity numerical simulations with advanced machine learning techniques to investigate and optimise complex fluid-particle processes in environmental engineering.
